CesiumAstro
Power Electronics Engineer II
$118K–$142K
El Segundo, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 2 years designing analog and power electronics.
- Education
- BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Develop power electronics hardware for satellite payloads, contributing from power-system architecture and circuit design through simulation, PCB layout, testing, integration, and manufacturing support.
What you'll do
- Support power-system architecture definition and trade studies, and design power-electronics circuits.
- Simulate, lay out, verify, and integrate hardware; perform testing and troubleshooting.
- Support manufacturing of power-electronics hardware.
What they ask for
- BS or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
- At least 2 years designing analog and power electronics.
- Experience designing basic DC-DC converter power stages and knowledge of voltage-mode and peak-current-mode control theory.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools, laboratory testing and troubleshooting, and electronics analysis and simulation tools.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering focused on power electronics; experience with board-level power-integrity simulation, power magnetics, or control-loop modeling and characterization.
- Knowledge of GaN or SiC power devices, or programming skills for hardware testing and data processing (Python, MATLAB, etc.).
Pay
USD 118,000–142,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
Altium, OrCAD, Allegro, Xpedition, SPICE, LTSPICE, SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, PLECS
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